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Toyota Reveals All-Electric EPU, Hints it May Enter EV Pickup Market

Toyota Reveals All-Electric EPU, Hints it May Enter EV Pickup Market

Toyota rolled out an all-electric pickup concept during the Japan Mobility Show. Sized slightly smaller than the automaker’s current, midsize Tacoma model, it offers a number of unique features, including a pass-through bed. Toyota hasn’t confirmed production plans but is widely expected to add an EV pickup as it ramps up its electrification program. Get details at Headlight.News.

California Suspends Cruise Robotaxi Permit Following Pedestrian Crash

California Suspends Cruise Robotaxi Permit Following Pedestrian Crash

California regulators suspended the permit allowing General Motors’ subsidiary Cruise to operate a fleet of driverless robocabs on the streets of San Francisco. The move happens as additional video evidence comes to light in the wake of a crash earlier this month in which a pedestrian was run over by one of the company’s vehicles. Get details at Headlight.News.

UAW Hits GM Hard with Latest Strike

UAW Hits GM Hard with Latest Strike

The UAW is keeping the pressure on the Detroit Three automakers during their contract negotiations. Union chief Shawn Fain followed up Monday’s strike call at Stellantis’ Sterling Heights (MI) Assembly Plant with a call for workers at GM’s Arlington Truck Plant to stand up and walk out. Get details at Headlight.News.

Here’s What’s Coming to the Nearly All-Electric Japan Mobility Show

Here’s What’s Coming to the Nearly All-Electric Japan Mobility Show

It’s four years since the last Tokyo Motor Show took place, and even then, it was fading into obscurity. Organizers hope to give it a boost of adrenaline in an updated form — and with a new name. While foreign brands are largely absent, again, there’ll be lots happening at the new Japan Mobility Show as the nation’s automakers charge in with an assortment of all-electric concepts and production models.

Tesla Stock Plunges — And Delivers a Mega-Billion-Dollar Hit to Musk’s Fortune

Tesla Stock Plunges — And Delivers a Mega-Billion-Dollar Hit to Musk’s Fortune

Sometimes you can’t wait for the day to end, and that’s probably the case for Tesla investors who watched the stock stumble since the automaker delivered a weak third-quarter earnings report, sending shares tumbling for two days in a row. Among those hardest hit, CEO Elon Musk whose own holdings have now lost more than $20 billion in value.